-
10 queer women honored on stamps
Over 50 queer women worldwide have appeared on countries’ official postage stamps.
-
10 Black LGBTQ+ heroes honored on stamps
With these commemorative stamps, some queer Black heroes are getting special recognition.
-
Mia Neal speaks up for Black trans women & other moments from the Oscars
Neal’s comments highlighting Black trans women was just one of several moments for LGBTQ people at the Oscars, despite a limited number of out awardees and nominees.
-
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” centers a very real & very queer Black woman
The film is based on a fictional play. But the titular character – and her bisexuality – was real.
-
The Harlem Renaissance was as Queer as it was Black
Beginning a century ago, Black LGBTQ entertainers & writers expressed their identities freely. We have them to thank for much of our present society.
-
This out bisexual singer reigned as Empress of the Blues in the 1920’s
She sold more than 2 million records in the first ten months after she was signed by Columbia Records and performed on Broadway – and then the Great Depression hit.
-
In 1928, the ‘Mother of the Blues’ recorded an amazing lesbian anthem
She was singing about how she could “talk to the gals just like any old man” over 40 years before Stonewall.
-
LGBT History Month profile: Blues singer, recording artist Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey, called the “Mother of the Blues,” was one of the earliest known American blues singers and recording artists. She is recognized as one of the great female blues vocalists.